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Aluminum (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 months ago (13 children)

Two punches for calling it Aluminium

[–] abraham_linksys 23 points 2 months ago (11 children)

Us Americans are too excited about making stuff with our Uh-loo-min-um that we just skip pronouncing some of the vowels

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Guy that named it called it Aluminum

Weirdo types that decided they were in charge of naming things decided to name it Aluminium so it "matched" the likes of other metals like titanium, iridium, etc

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Guy that named it called it Aluminum, Alumium, and Aluminium. Aluminium stuck, even in the US.

Then some weirdo types decided they were in charge of naming things in the US decided it needs to be Aluminum. It took them about 50-90 years to succeed.

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